Edmund brown



@hitch tutes stnt @High EDMUND BROWN, OF BURLlNGTON, VER-MONT, ASSIGNGR TO HIMSELF l AND. GEORGE en. WRIGHTOE THE-.SAME PLACE.

'Lezers ,Pareti Naraonaaare May 1e, 186s'.

riarnovsn vBesrAsLB-MASHER.,

To ALL 'WHoM 1T, MAY coNcERN:

Be it knowuthat I, EDMUND BROWN, of Burlington, in the county of Chittenden, and State of Vermont have'invented a new and improved Vegetable-Masher; and I'do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will ennbleothers skilled in the art Ato make and use the samefreference being hadto the accompanying drawings forming part of this specicationQin which# l Figure represents afrontelevation of my improved vegetablemashen Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section ofthe same, taken on the plane of the line :u zu', iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a detail horizontal section offtlie same, taken on the planeet` section y y,tg. 2,

Similar .letters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts, y

This invention relates to new'device for meshing boiled potatoes o'r othervegetables, and consists inthe arrangement of a perforated inclined frame,.and ofi'a smooth presser, sliding and" swinging thereon, all being soar-ranged that the mashed body orpulp ,of the potato', or other article, will be forced` through themeshes or perforations of the frame, while the peels will not pass throngh'the same, but will fall into a. dish or pan placed for their reception. 4 y

A, in the drawing, represents a frame, from' which two'inclined parallel posts, A ]3 B, project upward. The frame is so arranged that it can be fastened upon or to a table, or otherwise, in arxed position. Between the upper part of the posts B isv held an inclined frame, C, in which a series of streng yhorizontal bars, a a, are arranged, which. are so near together that no vegetable mass can pass between them in large lumps.

In front of the frane. C is arranged, between the posts 13 another inclinedframe, D, which reaches below the frame C, as sh-own,`and in which a series of parallel upright wires, b, is held, that resten the front edges of the bars a, as shown.. By the bars a and wires b is thus produced a perforatedor netfwork, instead of which .a simple wire sieve, or a perforated plate', may 'be used, although the device shown is preferablezon account of its simplicity, and'beceuse it can be more easily cleaned. The frames C D are bothremovable from between tbe'posts Bso that cleaning may be facilitated. jIf nctwork or pcrforatedplates are used, one of theframes C D becomes superduous. Y Y

.bl-represents a block 4or board, with a srlnooth" inner surface, which may be made still niore smooth by' receiving a. metallic covering, as shown'. The 'block lor presser E isp'rovided with an upward-projecting handle, d, and with two hooks, e e, that-project to the front, as is clearly shown in iig. 2. This presser E may be moved up and down in front of the perforated plate or fabric a being guided between the upright side= barsff of the franreD. On these bars fis also held asliding follower, F, which-cnnpby means ofa hook, y,

or otherwise, beconnect'ed with the presser- E Curing the up-and-down motion ofthe same,`elearing the .pere` forated plate or fabric behind the presser,- and, in connection with't-be frames CD, bcaringbotlrthewires @and the bars a. On the posts-B, are secured pins i Zz, Whi'chcan be made to engageL the 'hooks e, as shown byrcd lines inig. 2, to allow the presser to bc oscillnted.Y

The operation is as follows A boiled potatois cut half through, and one half of it is placed' ivith the cut surfce np'on the side a While the presser is swnng down, as shown by red lines in iig. 2Q The presser is then turned up against the sieve, forcing the mealy contentsof the potato through the meshes of the sieve, while the peelwill remain upon the sieve. Thepresser is then moved down between the postsB, and carries the peel down, Aso that the particles of eshadhering to it may be removed, the follower Fclearing them-olf the surface of the sieve.` The peel, when it has reached the lowerend of the frame D, drops Vinto a'receptaele, H, placed in frontof the frame, as shown. i I j i f i The fleshy substance pressed through the l'sieve falls'upon au inclined'board,z', and thenceinto n receptacle, l, or directly into the latter. The `presser is then drawn up and-termed down again, andi-another half potato is V inserted, and treated as before. Instead of potato-es, other vegetables or articles may be mashed in this apparatus.

To revent articles of the-article mashed from adherin to the ressin surface of the resser, a late P P n g P g P P i J,- may be employed, which has a notched front edge, the wires fitting into the notches, while -the -s'harp edge projects slightly in front of the-wires, so as-to scrape and clean the .presser'as the vsame ltravels up and down. The posts B, instead ofstanding in an inclined position, may behorzontal or downward inclined, or eren vertical, as may be desired. I r The potatoes inashed in this appnratus'will come out beautifully prepared for -the'table, their appearance being superior to that of potatoes mashed by hand or other apparatus.

Haring thus described my invention, what I claim as new, Vand desire to securelhy Letters Patent, s- 1; A vegetable-masker, consisting of a perforated stationary frameand of a smooth swinging and sliding presser, asset forth. i

l 2. The perforated frame'of n.. vegetable-mashe'r, when composed of the still` bars a a, and of the n'irero'ds 5 b, arranged iii-'front of and .crossing the bars a, substantially as herein shown and-described.v

8. The sliding and turning vpresser E, provided 'with hooks e, in combination with the pins' h on the 'posts Bandnitl1vthe perforated fabric a b,'or its equivalent, all operating as set forth; i

4, `The -device set forth in the foregoing clause, in combination with the slidngfollower F, operating ns speeiied.- Y

5.The notched fixed scraper J, in combinutionivith the frame DA and with the presser E, all operating substantiallyns herein'shown and described.

' G. The Ycombinationof the frame A B and -i-:amesC Dwith the smooth swinging and sliding presser E, withthe hooks e and'pins-h, with the follower-F and scraper J, all made and operating substantially as herein shown an'd described. i

EDMUND BROWN. Witnesses:

J. ALIsoN FRASER, ALEX. Rosnnrs. 

